focus on style.

As long as he’s at the helm, though, Teter’s will remain in Lakewood.

“That’s my home,” he says, gesturing toward his house on Nonesuch, “and that’s my club,” he says, toward the Lakewood Country Club.

In other words, there may not be a dollar figure large enough to persuade Teter to give up the five-minute radius in which his universe exists until he’s had enough of the plumbing parts business.

And until that day comes, he’s not worried about staying in business, either.

“Home Depot can’t do the specialty stuff,” Teter says. “If you want Mrs. Baird’s, they’ve got it. If you want German pumpernickel, come to us.”

Though Teter’s isn’t the only faucet parts company around, “we’re a good, sound, solid business with a great reputation and great credit. We’re well-known industry-wide,” he says.

“We’re a little high, but we’re the best.”